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The Wagner Group (Russian: Группа Вагнера, romanized: Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner [9] (ЧВК «Вагнер»), [66] is a Russian state-funded [67] private military company (PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin, and since then by Pavel Prigozhin.
The Wagner Group, also known as PMC Wagner, [1] a Russian paramilitary organization [1] also described as a private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries, [1] [2] and a de facto unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) or Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, [3] has conducted operations in Ukraine since early 2014.
Wagner mercenaries took part in the March 2016 Palmyra offensive. The Wagner Group is a private military company (PMC) with ties to the Russian state under Vladimir Putin [1] [2] that had conducted operations in Syria since late 2015. Their presence in the country had been reported as late as 2021.
Russia’s mercenary outfit Wagner Group planned to travel to Haiti seeking a possible contract to fight against local gangs, according to leaked U.S. documents.
Starting in 2014, the private military company Wagner Group has been accused of undermining sovereignty and committing rape, torture and summary execution. Wagner mercenaries have died fighting ...
Wagner Group mercenaries in Koundjili, Central African Republic, May 2019. The Wagner Group is a Russian state-funded [1] paramilitary organization, also described as a private military company (PMC) and as a network of mercenaries. [2] [3] Since 2017 it has provided military support, security and protection for several governments in Africa. [4]
The Wagner Group is a private military company under the control of Yevgeny Prigozhin that cut its teeth in deployments to Crimea and eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region in 2014 and has since ...
The Wagner Group, also known as PMC Wagner, [24] a Russian paramilitary organization [24] also described as a private military company (PMC), a network of mercenaries, [24] [25] and a de facto unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) or Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, [26] has conducted operations in Ukraine since early 2014.